Ryan D. O'Dell
Admitted to Bar in
Kansas, 2001
Missouri, 2000
U.S. District Court District of Kansas
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
Quick Contact
Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes, LLC
903 E. 104th St., Suite 610
Kansas City, Missouri 64131
Phone: (816) 941-7600
Email: rodell@dfrglaw.com
Education
- University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 2000, J.D.
- University of Arizona, 1996, B.A.
Experience
Mr. O'Dell's practice is concentrated in state and federal litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He represents Fortune 500 and major insurance carriers in complex, multi party litigation involving construction, real estate, title insurance, surety, commercial and product liability matters. He has obtained favorable results through dispositive motion, alternative dispute resolution, trial and appeal.
Mr. O'Dell served as a law extern to the Honorable Ann K. Covington, Missouri Supreme Court.
Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Federal Appellate Practice
- Federal Trial Practice
- State Appellate Practice
- State Trial Practice
Published Works
- Construction Change Order Claims, (Co-Author), 2nd edition, 2005
- Does Title VII Preclude Enforcement of Compulsory Arbitration Agreements?, Journal of Dispute Resolution, Volume 1999, No. 1
- Federal Court Positively Adopts a Federal Common Law Testimonial Privilege for Mediation: Is it Justified?, Journal of Dispute Resolution, Volume 1999, No. 2
Classes/Seminars Taught
- Speaker, Kansas Fairness in Private Construction Contracts Act, What's Hot in Construction Law, 2005
Activities and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- The Missouri Bar
- Kansas Bar Association
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Vice-Chair, Construction Law Committee
- Robert T. Ross Inn of Court, Barrister
- Defense Research Institute, Member